.44 caliber. 38.5" heavy octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned metal finish. Walnut full stock with straight grip and carved cheek rest. Flintlock rifle with adjustable notch rear sight and German silver blade front sight. Item features double set triggers, a capbox to right side, and striped wood ramrod with German brass tip. Stock is profusely inlaid with 64 German silver escutcheons in various shapes such as hearts, teardrops, florals, a rococo style grip plate, turkeys, and an American eagle containing a portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman on cheek rest. Comb, buttplate, triggerguard, forend cap, thimbles, and capbox are all German silver as well. Lock is unsigned and features simple floral scrollwork. Barrel is signed S.S. behind rear sight, and there is a rectangular dashed line box in front of rear sight.